Instructor

Kevin Rohling is an AI engineer, researcher, and consultant focused on building practical AI systems that people actually use. He is a visiting researcher at UT Austin and earned his Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence in December 2025. Kevin was previously Head of AI at Presence, where he led applied AI work across products and teams, and today he runs Conifer Labs, his independent consulting practice, partnering with companies to design and ship production AI systems. He is also a co-author of the paper “Factored Latent Action World Models,” which explores new approaches to scalable world modeling and embodied AI.